RE: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Simon Fogarty
If you've got an I7 procesor, then you have 1 processor. However built into that is two separate processors, or more like two pathways for things to work on / down. Infact I thought the I7 range was quad core. Interesting. \ and without a doubt. The i7 and i5 range of processors are 64 bit, which

Re: set a function key to move VO to the dock?

2010-11-03 Thread David Taylor
Hi, I must admit, I agree that using the control key with function keys is not easy at all. I think that's why we were given the extra keystrokes. It is worth getting into the habit of resting your left thumb on the VO keys and learning where important keys are, since that gives you one-handed

Re: mobile me being a serious annoyance with several macs

2010-11-03 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi, In MM preferences, advanced options, you can unregister your Macs, and then reset sync data. Then register your Macs again. On Oct 30, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi All, > > has anyone an idea how to delete the data of my Macs on my mobile me account? > There are some issues

Re: messengers

2010-11-03 Thread Michael Thurman
Oh yeah we still do not have growl working with adium beta which is the only way to do irc on the mac and still not really convenient. adium is somewhat usable nothing else I have tried even comes close, but even that is not enough so i go back to windows for irc.. truly sad -- You received

Re: messengers

2010-11-03 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'm still using I chat for my messenger needs through Jabber which is working very well. Kawal. Kawal Gucukoglu On 3 Nov 2010, at 08:49 AM, Michael Thurman wrote: > Oh yeah we still do not have growl working with adium beta which is the > only way to do irc on the mac and still not really

Re: messengers

2010-11-03 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! For your information, Adium does in fact work with IRC. Just use the events. It's perfectly usable. Of course, also keep in mind that your criticisms of how Adium handles IRC may be based on a full-featured IRC client, and Adium is not that much. It's a chat client built to handle many serv

preventing awindow from refreshing

2010-11-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello to all. Is there a way to prevent a refresh of a window, example mail or skype? Ok let me restate that. When new content comes in to a window like a mailbox or a skype contact list it kicks me back to the top. Is there a wayto stop this? using IOS4.1. Take care. S -- You received this

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Scott Granados
I'm not sure I think they go more than 4 cores. On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > If you've got an I7 procesor, then you have 1 processor. However built into > that is two separate processors, or more like two pathways for things to > work on / down. > Infact I thought the I7 ra

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
For those hardware crazed individuals out there... Try MacTracker. I used it about 10 years ago, when I needed to know about programing in detail. It knows technical specifications of most Macintosh models. I am not sure if it works with Voice Over though. The website is http://www.mactracker.ca

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I think if you have one of the really expencive golftown i7's you can get upto 6 cores, but I'm pretty sure that you can't get that in a note book. I think some more quad notebook parts will be introduced with sandy bridge. On 03/11/2010, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > For those hardware crazed individu

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Scott Granados
Well I believe my MBP has 8 cores so I'm not sure about that unless I misunderstood. Could be two processors I have no idea the physical configuration. On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > I think if you have one of the really expencive golftown i7's you can > get upto 6 core

Saving file directly to a folder

2010-11-03 Thread Linda Adams
Hello folks, Back again with something that sound simple but has me stumped. In text edit, I have no problem going through the dialog that comes up when I want to save a new file. However, I can't figure out how to save a new file to an existing folder in my document folder. Is there a way t

Re: Saving file directly to a folder

2010-11-03 Thread Esther
Hi Linda, When any of these dialog windows appear, you can use any or all of the FInder shortcuts or sequence of shortcuts to specify the folder you want (Command-Shift-H for your home directory, Command-Shift-D for desktop, etc.). If you want a specific sub-folder, and you're positioned

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hmmm. I just had a look at wikipedia and there do seem to be quad core notebook cpu's but I can't find an 8 core. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i7_microprocessors On 03/11/2010, Scott Granados wrote: > Well I believe my MBP has 8 cores so I'm not sure about that unless I > misu

Re: Saving file directly to a folder

2010-11-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm the cmd shift O does not work for getting to the documents folder though but what I do is cmd shift h for home, d or arrows until I get to documents and cmd down arrow then arrow to my folders in there and cmd down arrow and stop interacting then hit save. Take care. On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:3

Re: messengers

2010-11-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
There is also irssi but that is a terminal bassed program and not all of us want to do that as of yet. lol! On Nov 3, 2010, at 3:01 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi! > > For your information, Adium does in fact work with IRC. Just use the events. > It's perfectly usable. Of course, also keep in

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Joshua Loya
I have a friend who recently acquired a Windows based laptop with a quad core I7 configuration. On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > Hmmm. > > I just had a look at wikipedia and there do seem to be quad core > notebook cpu's but I can't find an 8 core. > http://en.wikipedia.o

Re: Saving file directly to a folder

2010-11-03 Thread louie
Cmd shift o works from the finder and the desktop. On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hmm the cmd shift O does not work for getting to the documents folder though > but what I do is cmd shift h for home, d or arrows until I get to documents > and cmd down arrow then arrow to my

Re: Saving file directly to a folder

2010-11-03 Thread Colin M
Hi Linda! for the email part of your questions! You should be able to use command+s hth Colin On 3 Nov 2010, at 19:54, louie wrote: > Cmd shift o works from the finder and the desktop. > > On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Hmm the cmd shift O does not work for getting to th

cubase 5 with voiceover?

2010-11-03 Thread DJ Nezumi
hi all i was just wondering is cubase 5 accessible with voiceover at all? thanks Liam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send em

Re: cubase 5 with voiceover?

2010-11-03 Thread louie
What is this item? On Nov 3, 2010, at 1:29 PM, DJ Nezumi wrote: > hi all > i was just wondering is cubase 5 accessible with voiceover at all? > thanks > Liam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, se

Re: Saving file directly to a folder

2010-11-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah only from the finder and desktop but not from text edit and other apps where you want ot save info. Take care. S On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:54 PM, louie wrote: > Cmd shift o works from the finder and the desktop. > > On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Hmm the cmd shift O d

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Scott Granados
Ok, I think I have the answer. Quadcore is the high end then if you add hyper threading you get 8 "virtual cores (apple's term not mine) or more accurately the OS thinks there are 8 cores which is a product of hyper threading. Sounds more reasonable. Thanks Scott On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:42 PM,

Audacity tutorial

2010-11-03 Thread Joshua Loya
Hi all, I recently downloaded Audacity, and remember running across an audio tutorial of the program a few months back. Unfortunately, I can't remember where I came across it. It was part of a presentation that was given on podcasting at one of the alphabet conventions, or at least that is what

Spotify on the Mac

2010-11-03 Thread David Hole
Hi guys! First, this one will by now not be essential for those living outside europe. So, have anyone here found a solution to be able to use Spotify on the Mac? -David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group,

Re: cubase 5 with voiceover?

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Moore
Sorry, but Cubase is not accessible on the Mac. On 3 Nov 2010, at 20:37, louie wrote: > What is this item? > > On Nov 3, 2010, at 1:29 PM, DJ Nezumi wrote: > >> hi all >> i was just wondering is cubase 5 accessible with voiceover at all? >> thanks >> Liam >> >> -- >> You received this message

OCR

2010-11-03 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, What's better for accessible OCR, Iris reader or Abbyy Fine Reader? And in whatever case, will the scanner I have from the old PC work with these programs? I would appreciate it very much if someone knows and posts this answer either on or off list. Courtney -- You received this message b

Re: Spotify on the Mac

2010-11-03 Thread Ruud Bemelmans
I think it must be accessible. I keep hearing some friends go on about it and among them is at least one VoiceOver user. I was planning on taking a look at it at one point myself. -- Ruud -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To p

Re: OCR

2010-11-03 Thread heather kd5cbl
I here there both pretty good but, I think some of use Abbyy Fine Reader. It depends weather or not your scanner has mac drivers or not. You have to contact your scanner's manufacture to ask or look online. Good luck! Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: Importing DVD's into iTunes to play on iPad

2010-11-03 Thread Eric Caron
Hand break instructions needed. Could Jesse or another Hand break user please give me and maybe others a little more instruction on how to use this program? I have VLC and Hand break. My goal is to convert my DVD's into a format that I can use on iTunes and my iPhone. This is complete

Re: Importing DVD's into iTunes to play on iPad

2010-11-03 Thread Kimberly thurman
I could also benefit from these instructions. Thanks for any help. On Nov 3, 2010, at 9:17 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hand break instructions needed. > > Could Jesse or another Hand break user please give me and maybe others > a little more instruction on how to use this program? > > I have

converting to a spoken track in itunes.

2010-11-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
hello. I know how to do this in fact here are the steps I followed taken from another list I was at the time on. The second method uses alex only and converts to an itunes track but you can easily convert this to mp3. to convert a file, open the app of choice such as preview, text edit or pages

Re: Importing DVD's into iTunes to play on iPad

2010-11-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
hello. See my podcast on handbreak at http://marrie.podbean.com. It might be easier if you click on the mac catagory. Take care. S On Nov 3, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hand break instructions needed. > > Could Jesse or another Hand break user please give me and maybe others

Question about Unix commands

2010-11-03 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
Hello, How does one get the ls command in Unix to display directories whose names consist of more than one word, separated by a space? For example, ls /Users/Rafael/Documents/My Stuff or ls documents/my stuff Thanks in advance to anyone with the ability and inclination to help me out with this

Re: Question about Unix commands

2010-11-03 Thread louie
Put quotes around the file name with spaces in the name. On Nov 3, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: > Hello, > > How does one get the ls command in Unix to display directories whose names > consist of more than one word, separated by a space? For example, > ls /Users/Rafael/Document

Re: OCR

2010-11-03 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Abby fine reader. On Nov 3, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > What's better for accessible OCR, Iris reader or Abbyy Fine Reader? And in > whatever case, will the scanner I have from the old PC work with these > programs? > > I would appreciate it very much if someone knows and

Re: Spotify on the Mac

2010-11-03 Thread Tony Bernedal
Hi. Spotify is completely inaccessible for the mac. The only platform it is useable is on the iPhone. I don't know wich program language they use on the mac but voice over only see the search bar, nothing else. Regards Tony 2010/11/4, Ruud Bemelmans : > I think it must be accessible. I keep heari

Re: Saving file directly to a folder

2010-11-03 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! That's incorrect. These commands work perfectly in any Save dialog box without a hitch. The only one that doesn't work is Command-Shift-O for some reason which is actually very strange, but Command-Shift-H works. Regards, Nic GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme

Adium and MSN.

2010-11-03 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all,I have the most current versions of Adium and Growl installed. I can see my list of online MSN contacts, but have not yet determined how to read the dialog if one of my contacts sends a message. A new window is created and I can tell who the contact was but despite tabbing thro

Re: Adium and MSN.

2010-11-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. interact with the unknown and read that eindow. All it is is an html view that looks like a web page wiht all of the conversation in it. Take care. S On Nov 3, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > Greetings y'all,I have the most current versions of Adium and Growl > installed. I ca

Re: Saving file directly to a folder

2010-11-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah that's waht I meant. all but cmd shift o work in the save as dialogues. I don't know how to fix this or if it is even possibil to fix this. I'm hoping lion will fix this or a update to 10.6. On Nov 3, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi! > > That's incorrect. These commands wo

RE: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Simon Fogarty
The i7 is a quad core, so 1 processor, with four path ways within, it works in a similar way to having 4 processors. But quad processors would melt a laptop due to the heat disapation. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On

RE: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Simon Fogarty
The only place you'd get an 8 core processor out of the box would be in a server. Such as the optoron or xeon processor ranges. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2010 10:5